NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. – The Niagara University men’s basketball team (17-11) had four players score 10-or-more points Saturday as the Purple Eagles downed Liberty University (12-16), 90-81, at the Gallagher Center in non-conference action in the ESPNU BracketBuster pool.

Junior Charron Fisher (Pennsauken, N.J.) scored a game-high 22 points while senior forward Clif Brown (Ferndale, Mich.) recorded his 13th double-double of the season with 18 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Fisher and Brown entered the game as the nation’s ninth highest-scoring duo. Senior guard Lorenzo Miles (Washington, D.C.) added 15 points while freshman guard Tyrone Lewis (Levittown, Pa.) scored 10 points in a reserve role.

Liberty, a member of the Big South Conference, was led by Alex McLean and Dwight Brewington. Each player scored 17 points while Anthony Smith and Larry Blair scored 15 and 12 points, respectively. Blair sank five field goals to become the Big South’s all-time leader in field goals with 778. He surpassed Coastal Carolina’s Tony Dunkin, who had 775.

Brown scored five-straight points to give Niagara a 28-17 lead with 10:35 to play in the first half before the Flames cut the lead to 30-26 on a basket by Damien Hubbard with 5:50 remaining. The teams traded runs as Niagara held a 38-34 lead at the half.

Niagara opened a 52-40 lead when Fisher scored inside with 15:22 remaining. Niagara pushed the lead to 14, 62-48, on a fast-break layup by senior J.R. Duffey (Fort Worth, Texas) with 12:18 to play. Liberty eventually cut the lead to five, 74-69, after two free throws by Anthony Smith with 4:09 left.

The Purple Eagles closed the game by making 12 of 14 free throws in the game’s final 1:45. Junior guard Stanley Hodge (Washington, D.C.) led the way by making 7 of 8.

Niagara returns to Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play Feb. 23 with a 7 p.m. game against Loyola College in the Gallagher Center.